/**
* eAdventure (formerly <e-Adventure> and <e-Game>) is a research project of the
* <e-UCM> research group.
*
* Copyright 2005-2010 <e-UCM> research group.
*
* You can access a list of all the contributors to eAdventure at:
* http://e-adventure.e-ucm.es/contributors
*
* <e-UCM> is a research group of the Department of Software Engineering
* and Artificial Intelligence at the Complutense University of Madrid
* (School of Computer Science).
*
* C Profesor Jose Garcia Santesmases sn,
* 28040 Madrid (Madrid), Spain.
*
* For more info please visit: <http://e-adventure.e-ucm.es> or
* <http://www.e-ucm.es>
*
* ****************************************************************************
*
* This file is part of eAdventure, version 2.0
*
* eAdventure is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* eAdventure is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with eAdventure. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package es.eucm.ead.engine.operators.evaluators;
import es.eucm.ead.engine.game.ValueMap;
import es.eucm.ead.model.elements.conditions.Condition;
/**
* <p>
* {@link es.eucm.ead.model.elements.conditions.Condition} evaluator
* </p>
* <p>
* Classes that implement this interface evaluate a condition with the values of
* variables and flags provided by a {@link ValueMap} and return a boolean value
* as a result.
* </p>
*
* @param <T>
* This class is parameterized for the specific {@link es.eucm.ead.model.elements.conditions.Condition}
* that it evaluates
*/
public interface Evaluator<T extends Condition> {
/**
* Evaluate a condition which extends {@link es.eucm.ead.model.elements.conditions.Condition} according to the
* values provided by the {@link ValueMap}
*
* @param condition
* The condition to evaluate
* @return A boolean result after evaluating the condition
*/
public boolean evaluate(T condition);
}